The new library building completed in 2011 has won several architecture prizes and has been praised both within Norway[2] and abroad.

A café, open meeting places and a small scene were incorporated into the plan of the new building, making it a combined library and house of culture.

With the new building, the municipality sought both to establish a public meeting place and to increase the quality of architecture in the urban area of Vennesla.

An architectural design competition was initiated in 2008; it was won by the firm Helen & Hard from Stavanger and the new building was ready in 2011.

The main building material is wood, and the building is dominated by the 27 glue-laminated timber arcs that support the roof and give associations to ribs of a whale skeleton.